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• The recruitment cycle for the UGRAP program is November through January.
• The recruitment cycle for the UGRAP Mentors is March-May.
• The Program Manager for the Office of Student and Community Engagement (OSCE) emails the promotional material to in-state and out-of-state Pre-med and STEM advisors.
• The Pre-med and STEM advisors disseminate the promotional material to the students.

• Prospective students are guided through the application process, which includes completing an online departmental application and the LSU Health Shreveport Student Worker application. This support ensures that students can navigate the process with confidence and ease.
• The assistant vice chancellor for SCE screens, reviews and selects the UGRAP participants.
• The assistant vice chancellor pairs each student with an LSU Health Shreveport research mentor based on the students’ interest or availability of a research project.
• At the end of the selection process, the program manager notifies the applicant of their acceptance or denial into the program via e-mail.
• Students are required to sign the department's Commitment and Participation Form, which outlines their responsibilities and expectations during the program, and the Guidelines Form, which provides specific rules and regulations they must adhere to.

Students follow the LSU Health Shreveport Human Resources Onboarding Guidelines, which ensure they are properly integrated into the LSU Health Shreveport system, and the Louisiana Higher Education Foreign Security Act, which is a legal requirement for all foreign students studying in Louisiana.